The Detroit River is one of the most historically significant waterways in North America, forming a major shipping corridor and international border between Canada and the United States. For more than two centuries, this river supported shipyards, steel mills, passenger steamers, ferries, industrial barge traffic, and wartime logistics.

Strong currents, heavy commercial navigation, and limited recreational access make diving selective, but the river contains numerous submerged structures, industrial remnants, and historically documented wrecks connected to Detroit’s rise as a manufacturing powerhouse.

• Michigan Underwater Preserves
• Maritime History of the Great Lakes
• Save Ontario Shipwrecks (SOS)

• NOAA Detroit River charts
• Michigan Underwater Preserves
• Maritime History of the Great Lakes
• C-3 Inland Waters Wreck Register
• Shotline Diving Master Index